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  | | Fidel Castro (Reaktion Books - Critical Lives) by Nick Caistor Paperback, 157 Pages, Published 2013 by Reaktion Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78023-090-0, ISBN: 1-78023-090-7 "Fidel Castro had ruled the island of Cuba for fifty-two years when ill health forced him to step down in 2008. Over the course of that time, he changed Cuba from a republic to a communist state and became one of the most divisive leaders in the second half of the twentieth century. For some, he is a champion of humanitarianism, socialism, and environmentalism. For others, he is a monster and dictator who perpetuated human rights abuses ..." |
 | | Mexico City A Cultural and Literary Companion (Cities of the Imagination) by Nick Caistor, Elena Poniatowska Paperback, 227 Pages, Published 2000 by Interlick Books ISBN-13: 978-1-56656-349-9, ISBN: 1-56656-349-6 "Mexico City is a place of superlatives. The oldest city in the Americas, it is now the world's largest urban area. Formerly the centre of the Aztec and Spanish empires, this vast modern metropolis is home to over fifteen million people, mirroring Mexico's mixed cultural identity. Rapid growth and industrial expansion have created dramatic environmental problems, turning Mexico City into what has been called the first 'post-apocalypse' c ..." |
 | | Che Guevara A Life by Nick Caistor Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2009 by Interlink Pub Group ISBN-13: 978-1-56656-759-6, ISBN: 1-56656-759-9 "An accessible and well-researched biography that explores the life and ideas of an iconic revolutionary "At Last, at last, a biography of Che Guevara for grown-ups! Nick Caistor, well-known for years as a commentator on Latin America for the BBC, has produced a study of a man who is all too often treated either as a plaster saint incapable of doing wrong or as some devil from the deepest pit of Marxism-Leninism. Caistor portrays him wi ..." |
 | | Chile in Focus A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture (In Focus) by Nick Caistor Paperback, 88 Pages, Published 1998 by Latin America Bureau ISBN-13: 978-1-899365-18-0, ISBN: 1-899365-18-4 "This book is part of a series aimed at students and independent travellers." |
 | | The Missing Year of Juan Salvatierra by Pedro Mairal, Nick Caistor Paperback, 118 Pages, Published 2013 by New Vessel Press ISBN-13: 978-1-939931-07-8, ISBN: 1-939931-07-X " The New Republic Best Books of 2013 and World Literature Today Best Books of 2013. "A simple mystery constructed very cleverly ... an atmospheric and understated book with vivid settings and characters, a true delight to read."–10 Best Books Shorter than 150 Pages, Publishers Weekly "Mairal's quickening prose moves from the ordinary to the opulent . . . without skipping a beat."—Jed Perl, The New Republic "Mairal isn't your old ..." |
 | | Divine Punishment(1st Edition) by Sergio Ramirez, Nick Caistor, Nicholas Caistor, Hebe Powell Hardcover, 516 Pages, Published 2015 by Mcpherson & Company ISBN-13: 978-1-62054-014-5, ISBN: 1-62054-014-2 "Translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor with Hebe Powell. Upon its original publication, Carlos Fuentes declared Divine Punishment to be the quintessential Central American novel. In this, the greatest work of a storied literary career, Sergio Ramírez transforms the most celebrated criminal trial in Nicaraguan history the alleged murders in 1933 of two high society women and his employer by a social-climbing bon vivant named Oliver ..." |
 | | Buenos Aires by Nick Caistor Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2013 by Signal Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-904955-84-9, ISBN: 1-904955-84-3 "Nick Caistor has lived for several years in Buenos Aires as well as visiting it often over the past three decades. He has reported on Argentina for the BBC and is a translator as well as the author of several books on Latin America. The architect Le Corbusier once called Buenos Aires the capital of an imaginary empire . From its foundation in the sixteenth century, Argentina's main city has been a place of the imagination as well as the ..." |
 | | The Little Buddhist Monk & The Proof by César Aira, Nick Caistor Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2017 by New Directions ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-2112-2, ISBN: 0-8112-2112-1 "Two completely different stories by the inimitable César AiraThe Little Buddhist Monk is a story of Asian invention gone wild, as a diminutive Korean Buddhist monk acts as a tour guide to an increasingly distraught French couple on a working vacation in the Far East. The Proof brings us quickly back to the West, where two punks, plus a new recruit (“Wannafuck?” is the opening line as the two punk lesbians accost the chubby and shy Marc ..." |
 | | Traveler of the Century(Reprint) A Novel by Andrés Neuman, Nick Caistor, Lorenza Garcia, Andracs Neuman Paperback, 576 Pages, Published 2013 by Farrar, Straus And Giroux ISBN-13: 978-0-374-53394-6, ISBN: 0-374-53394-6 "“The literature of the twenty-first century will belong to Neuman.” —Roberto BolañoSearching for an inn, the enigmatic traveler Hans stops in a small city on the border between Saxony and Prussia. The next morning, Hans meets an old organ-grinder in the market square and immediately finds himself enmeshed in an intense debate—on identity and what it is that defines us—from which he cannot break free. Indefinitely stuck in Wandernbur ..." |
 | | Traveler of the Century A Novel by Andrés Neuman, Nick Caistor, Lorenza Garcia, Andracs Neuman Hardcover, 576 Pages, Published 2012 by Farrar, Straus And Giroux Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-374-11939-3, ISBN: 0-374-11939-2 "Searching for an inn, the enigmatic traveler Hans stops in a small city on the border between Saxony and Prussia. The next morning, Hans meets an old organ-grinder in the market square and immediately finds himself enmeshed in an intense debate—on identity and what it is that defines us—from which he cannot break free.Indefinitely stuck in Wandernburg until his debate with the organ-grinder is concluded, he begins to meet the various ch ..." |
 | | The Mystery of the Enchanted Crypt by Eduardo Mendoza, Nick Caistor Paperback, 120 Pages, Published 2009 by Telegram Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84659-051-1, ISBN: 1-84659-051-5 "“Eduardo Mendoza is one of contemporary Spain’s most important writers.”—The New York Times Book Review“Wonderfully inventive and hilarious.”—GuardianReleased from an asylum to help with a police enquiry, the quick-witted and foul-smelling narrator delves deep into the underworld of 1970s Barcelona to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a teenage girl from a convent school, aided only by his prostitute sister Mercedes.Eduardo Me ..." |
 | | Cathedral of the Sea(1st Edition) by Ildefonso Falcones, Nick Caistor Hardcover, 611 Pages, Published 2008 by Penguin Group ISBN-13: 978-0-525-95048-6, ISBN: 0-525-95048-6 "At last: The international bestseller— which has already sold nearly 2 million copies worldwide—comes to America! Cathedral of the Sea, Ildefonso Falcones’s mesmerizing historical novel about medieval Barcelona, was Spain’s #1 bestseller for a full year. Rights have sold in thirtytwo countries to date, and comparisons to Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth are being made. Who better to bring you this international sensation than Foll ..." |
 | | Dog Day(1st Edition) by Alicia Giménez-Bartlett, Nicholas Caistor, Nick Caistor Paperback, 311 Pages, Published 2006 by Europa Editions ISBN-13: 978-1-933372-14-3, ISBN: 1-933372-14-1 "Book Two in the Petra Delicado seriesAlicia Gimenez-Bartlett's lively style and rigorously exact descriptions of police procedure have won her numerous awards and made her Spain's best-loved mystery writer. In this best-loved volume of the Petra Delicado series, hard-nosed Inspector Petra Delicado and her sentimental sidekick, Fermin Garzón, begin an investigation into big-money dog smuggling with only a few, strange elements: a mongrel ..." |
 | | The Devil and Miss Prym(1st Edition) A Novel of Temptation by Paulo Coelho, Amanda Hopkinson, Nick Caistor Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2006 by Harper Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-06-052799-0, ISBN: 0-06-052799-4 "A community devoured by greed, cowardice, and fear. A man persecuted by the ghosts of his painful past. A young woman searching for happiness. In one eventful week, each will face questions of life, death, and power, and each will choose a path. Will they choose good or evil?In the remote village of Viscos -- a village too small to be on any map, a place where time seems to stand still -- a stranger arrives, carrying with him a backpack ..." |
 | | Journey to Portugal(Reprint) In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture by Amanda Hopkinson, Nick Caistor, José Saramago, Josac Saramago, Carlos Martins Paperback, 464 Pages, Published 2002 by Mariner Books Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-15-600713-9, ISBN: 0-15-600713-4 "When José Saramago decided some twenty years ago to write a book about Portugal, his only desire was that it be unlike all other books on the subject, and in this he has certainly succeeded. Recording the events and observations of a journey across the length and breadth of the country he loves dearly, Saramago brings Portugal to life as only a writer of his brilliance can. Forfeiting sources of information such as tourist guides and ro ..." |
 | | Funny Dirty Little War(1st Edition) by Osvaldo Soriano, Nick Caistor Paperback, 170 Pages, Published 1986 by Readers International ISBN-13: 978-0-930523-18-3, ISBN: 0-930523-18-0 "This classic novel exposes the folly and horror of Argentina's Dirty War" |
 | | Chile in Focus A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture (In Focus Guides) by Nick Caistor Paperback, 100 Pages, Published 2002 by Interlink Pub Group ISBN-13: 978-1-56656-437-3, ISBN: 1-56656-437-9 "Once a byword for military repression and human rights abuses, Chile's image is now that of a dynamic economic success story. The "Chilean miracle," based on radical free-market reform and export-led growth, has been presented as a model for all developing countries. Yet this transition has also created its own social problems, challenging traditional values with the advent of extreme materialism. And with many scars left by the Pinoche ..." |
 | | Nicaragua In Focus(2nd Edition) a Guide to the People, Politics and Culture (In Focus Guides) by Hazel Plunkett, Nick Caistor Paperback, 100 Pages, Published 2002 by Interlink Publishing Group ISBN-13: 978-1-56656-438-0, ISBN: 1-56656-438-7 "Whatever happened to Nicaragua? In the 1980s it was a byword for revolution, a bogeyman for US governments and a symbol of Latin America's quest for new paths to development and social justice. But since the Sandinistas' electoral defeat in 1990 it has dropped out of the headlines. In the new millennium, Nicaragua continues to be buffeted by international forces, although rather than troops, the US now sends the International Monetary F ..." |
 | | A Long Petal of the Sea(First Edition) A Novel by Isabel 1942- Allende, Nick Caistor, Amanda Hopkinson Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2020 by Ballantine Books ISBN-13: 978-1-984820-15-0, ISBN: 1-984820-15-X "From the New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits, this epic novel spanning decades and crossing continents follows two young people as they flee the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in search of a place to call home. In the late 1930s, civil war grips Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mount ..." |
 | | Fracture A Novel by Andres Neuman, Nick Caistor, Lorenza Garcia Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2020 by Farrar, Straus And Giroux ISBN-13: 978-0-374-15823-1, ISBN: 0-374-15823-1 "Critically acclaimed, prize-winning author Andrés Neuman’s Fracture is an ambitiousliterary novel set against Japan’s 2011 nuclear accident in a cross-cultural story about howevery society remembers and forgets its catastrophes.An earthquake unnerves Tokyo on March 11, 2011, triggering the Fukushima nuclear disaster―and a tectonic stirring of the collective past. Mr. Yoshie Watanabe, an aging executive at an electronics company and a su ..." |
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